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Prime minister says there is no going back on reforms, as chorus of opposition grows louder.
David Cameron has said he does not care about "taking a hit" on the government's radical shake-up of the NHS in England, vowing there was no going back on the reforms.
Addressing the Conservative spring forum, the prime minister said the controversial overhaul was "unavoidable and urgent".
Cameron's comments come as the chorus of opposition to the coalition's NHS reforms grew louder this week, with the Royal College of Radiologists joining a growing list of medical bodies denouncing the health and social care bill.
On Friday, the college called on ministers to withdraw their plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS in England after a survey of its members.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said on Thursday that the reforms would be "irreversibly damaging to the NHS" and irreparably damage the relationship between family doctors and patients.
But Cameron, rallying Tory activists at the private event in central London on Saturday, said "fortune favours brave governments".
'Literally' doesn't give a shit.
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Can somebody tell me who is voting for this guy? I'm not sure I've ever seen a Cameron supporter on the Internet.
^ People not on the Internet, then.
Sounds like a good time to be opposing Tories, again.
> Sounds like at this point that he knows he won't be voted back in, so he's making life hard for the next guy
If only our politicians were this unsubtle.
The worst thing is that he is a coalition leader
"If only our politicians were this unsubtle."
? I thought the Republicans were pretty blatant in their racism.
Then again, I'm speaking from a country that voted in the only Prime Minister in history to be found in contempt of Parliament, so I don't know what unsubtle is.
How is this radical shake-up supposed to work, can you tell?
Just get the Smiths to reform.
^^ By killing most of the people who disagree with it through illness? I 'unno.